I’m a teacher and I recently went for an interview for a new job - another full time post. On the interview form it did ask if I needed any special arrangements for the interview, but since I don’t have any visible signs of MS I don’t need any - so I thought! I had to teach a half hour lesson, which went very well. It was very practical and lively, lots of energy from me. Then a meeting/ interview with some of the kids, which went very well. Then an interview with two senior members of staff. This was fine. Then a very short break, where I met a couple of other staff in the staffroom, then a formal interview. By the time I got to the formal interview I was exhausted. The brain fog had kicked in, my brain had slowed down, I was answering on autopilot. I did myself no favours. I wasn’t always clear on the complicated, long- winded questions, asked for clarification and was no clearer! At one point found myself in the weird position of feeling like I was ‘looking in’ on the process, watching the job slip away. As I was walking to this final formal interview I felt the brain fog descend. I walked behind my guide, tapping my face and head, trying to clear the clouds, wishing I’d had a cup of coffee, which, of course, I hadn’t in case I needed a wee. Or two wees!
Needless to say, I didn’t get the job, although the feedback said my lesson was ‘superb’, and the kids ‘really loved’ me.
Any ideas for getting through future interviews, when the stress levels are high, the intensity relentless and the importance of the moment paramount. Tips for my next encounter please…..???
(PS - I didn’t want that job anyway…!)